turn off your television
leave your house
know your neighbors
greet a stranger
plant flowers
plant trees
get a library card
play at the park
shop local
help a lost dog
fix things you didn't break
have potlucks
visit the elderly
pick up litter
join a book club
go dancing
get to know your mail carrier
listen...especially to those who go unheard
help someone with their groceries
start a family tradition
ask questions
hire a teenager to do odd jobs
organize a block party
make extra and share
ask for help
open your blinds/pull back the shades
sing with friends
have a hobby
provide a service
turn up your music
turn down your music
mediate
mentor
seek to understand
get outside your comfort zone
open your eyes
do justly
love mercy
walk humbly
add to the list
2 comments:
- live beneath your means
- buy that homeless man a meal
- don't shy away from disabled folk
- smile and wave when someone cuts you off in traffic
- take a fan to someone with no a/c
- ask your waitperson how they're doing... and mean it
- volunteer at a shelter
- treat each person as if they're Christ himself
La Passeggiata
My wife and I are taking up this practice. I think as a culture we have lost one of our basic instincts-to get out of the house and see what is going on. I know I have. So I am trying to get it back.
I think this practice holds some insight. (Minus dressing up in your best clothes)
I'm reading a nifty book called The Great Neighboorhood Book.. It has some really cool ideas on making the place where you live more meaningful.
The other idea that got from the book was to put a bench outside your house. Plant some flowers around it. And try to encourage everyone in the neighborhood to use it. Interesting. Couldn't hurt to try.
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